U.S. - ESA Joint Ventures: Problems & Prospects

U.S. - ESA Joint Ventures: Problems and Prospects

Program/Project Management Resource List #56

Revised March 2007

Provided by the NASA Headquarters Library

With Jules Verne and HG Wells to its credit, Western Europe can claim that it is the birthplace of Mankind's dream of space travel. NASA and the ESA have a solid record of successful collaboration, going back to the development of Spacelab soon after the ESA formed. Right now, the European Space Agency is working with NASA and other space agencies to build the International Space Station. NASA and the ESA also have years of success with unmanned probes and satellites, currently being demonstrated by the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and its moons. This pathfinder serves as an introduction to the ways that American workers and workers who are citizens of ESA member countries can work together on projects and avoid the minefield of cultural misunderstanding. Please see International Cooperation in Space for items that generally apply to all international joint ventures in outer space.

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Contents:	Books	Articles and Reports	Internet Resources

Books

Bildt, Carl, Jean Peyrelevade, and Lothar Spath. Towards a Space Agency for the European Union. Paris, France: European Space Agency, 2000.: TL789.8 .E85 B45 2000 BOOKSTACKS

European Commission. White Paper: Space: A New European Frontier for an Expanding Union, an Action Plan for Implementing the European Space Policy. Brussels, Belgium: Commission of the European Communities, 2003.: TL789.8 .E85 W45 2003 BOOKSTACKS

European Space Agency. ESA: Annual Report. Paris, France: European Space Agency, 1993-2004.: TL789.8 .E8 E97 1993-2004 BOOKSTACKS, READY REFERENCE

Harvey, Brian. Europe's Space Programme: To Ariane and Beyond. London; New York: Springer; Chichester, UK : published in association with Praxis Pub., 2003.: TL789.8 .E9 H38 2003 BOOKSTACKS

Lord, Douglas R. Spacelab: An International Success Story. Washington, DC: Scientific and Technical Information Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1987.: TL797 .L67 1987 BOOKSTACKS Also available through NTRS as document no. 19880009991.

National Research Council. Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications. U.S.-European-Japanese Workshop on Space Cooperation. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999.: TL788.4 .U64 1999 BOOKSTACKS

__________. Committee on International Space Programs. U.S.-European Collaboration in Space Science. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1998.: QB500.262 .U83 1998 BOOKSTACKS

Suzuki, Kazuto. Policy Logics and Institutions of European Space Collaboration. Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2003.: TL789.8 .E9 S89 2003 BOOKSTACKS

Wilson, Andrew (ed.). European Utilisation Plan for the International Space Station. Noordwijk, The Netherlands: ESA Publications Division, 2003.: TL797 .E97 2003 BOOKSTACKS

Zabusky, Stacia E. Launching Europe: An Ethnography of European Cooperation in Space Science. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995.: TL788.4 .Z39 1995 BOOKSTACKS

Articles and Reports

Andal-Ancion, Angela and George Yip. "Smarter ways to do business with the competition", European Business Forum, no. 21 (Spring 2005), p. 32-36.: Available through ABI Inform

Christiansen, J.K., and M.T. Vendelø. "The Role of Reputation Building in International R and D Project Collaboration", Corporate Reputation Review, vol. V, no. 4 (2003), p. 304-329.: Available through ABI Inform

Couto, João Pedrov and José Cabral Vieira. "National Culture and Research and Development Activities", Multinational Business Review, vol. XII, no. 1 (Spring 2004), p. 19-35.: Available through ABI Inform

Cunha, Miguel Pina e, and Rita Campos e Cunha. "Changing a cultural grammar? The pressure towards the adoption of 'Northern time' by Southern European managers", Journal of Managerial Psychology, vol. XIX, no. 8 (2004), p. 795-808.: Available through ABI Inform

Ellis, Kerry. "Cassini-Huygens: International Cooperation for Astronomical Achievement", ASK Magazine, no. 24 (Summer 2006), p. 8-11.

George, Patrick J., Gary M. Pease, and Timothy E. Tyburski. "A Management Model for International Participation in Space Exploration Missions", in First Space Exploration Conference: Continuing the Voyage of Discovery, NASA/TM-2005-213571, Orlando, FL, 30 Jan. - 1 Feb. 2005.: (20050160255: (Feb. 2005) NTRS)

Gianfiglio Giacinto, Jan Dettmann, Luciana Montrone, and Kenneth C. Broyles. "The Columbus External Payload Adapter (CEPA) Project: A Successful ESA/NASA Cooperation within the ISS Utilization Program", in Fifty-Fifth International Astronautical Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 4-8 Oct. 2004.: (20060027885: (2004) NASD)

Harris, Philip. "European leadership in cultural synergy", European Business Review, vol. XVI, no. 4 (2004), p. 358-380.: Available through ABI Inform

Hunt, Charles D., and Michel O. van Pelt."Comparing NASA and ESA Cost Estimating Methods for Human Missions to Mars; Final Report", in: Twenty-Sixth International Conference of the International Society of Parametric Analysts, Frascati, Italy, 10-12 May 2004.: (20040075697: (May 2004) NASD)

Messina, Piero. "Towards the Establishment of a Strategic Framework for a Global Exploration Strategy", in: Proceedings of the Next Generation Exploration Conference, NASA/CP-2006-214551, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, 16-18 Aug. 2006.: (20070008278: (Aug. 2006) NASD)

Shore, Barry and Benjamin J. Cross. "Management of large-scale international science projects: Politics and national culture", Engineering Management Journal, vol. XV, no. 2 (June 2003), p. 25-39.: Available through ABI Inform

Thirkettle, Alan. "Overview of Spacelab, European Space Agency Perspective", in: The Spacelab Accomplishments Forum, NASA/CP-2000-210332, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, Sept. 2000.: (20010018875: (Sept. 2000) NASD)

Internet Resources

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html

Embassy of the United States in Paris, France. US Agencies. 8 March 2007 [5 Nov. 2007]: http://www.amb-usa.fr/agencies/default.htm

European Space Agency. ESA Portal. 2007 [16 March 2007]: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html

__________. International Space Station. 26 Jan. 2007 [19 March 2007]: http://www.esa.int/esaHS/iss.html

King, Marla. NASA Office of External Relations. 21 Aug. 2007 [5 Nov. 2007]: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oer/


	March 2007